From the Gemini IV Auction, Closed January 8, 2008.
Lot # 449 - Price Realized: US$20000 

Severus Alexander. (222-235 AD). Gold aureus (6.15 gm). Rome, 228 
AD. IMP C M AVR SEV—ALEXAND AVG, bust laureate, draped, cuirassed 
right / P M TR P VII COS II P P, Mars advancing right, holding spear 
and trophy over shoulder. BMCRE 451*, pl. 15 (ANS specimen, same 
obverse die). RIC 71. Calico 3116. Cohen 331 (stolen from Paris in 
1831, 80 Fr.). Of the finest style and with an amazing, high-relief 
portrait. Fleur de coin. 


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  ... Lot 449 sold for high bid of $20000 [ $23000, or approx 15870 EUR, 11730 GBP including the 15% buyers fee.] 

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